June and I met and looked through many of the new pieces together to start planning out the rest of the season.  We are both very excited to try some of the new music!  Here's a sneak peak at a piece we may take a look at on Thursday for fun... Peregrin, A Traveler's Tale - Douglas Akey Permalink | Leave a comment  »

I sincerely appreciate the hard work and efforts of all the WCWE members tonight at rehearsal. We are once again pressed for time, but everyone is diligently working to make things go as smoothly as possible. Thank you to everyone! Nice rehearsal tonight. Chicago is going to be a crowd pleaser for sure! Hallelujah too! Nice music! Don't miss next week! I think we'll be able to polish everything and do a wonderful job on Saturday the 25th! Keep it up! Can't wait...

Don't forget, on Saturday February 25th we will be performing at the "Concert for a Cure" in Land O' Lakes!  You will need a chair and a stand for this event.  Normal dress.  Music selection to be announced soon.  Speaking of music, we just got a huge new addition of 38 pieces for our library!  Some GREAT music that you will see over the next few weeks, and we will be locking down the music for the rest of our exciting season.  Click on the following links to hear a few recordings of some of the new music! Symphonic Sketch - Charles...

Wesley Chapel Wind Ensemble performed a wonderful concert at the Kumquat Festival in Dade City, facing challenging conditions for parking, no chairs, an outdoor performance and several missing members who were involved in All-County Band and Chorus.  Even given this, everyone did a WONDERFUL job and we should all be proud.  Then I had the privilege of hearing the All-County Band and Chorus concerts later that day, and wow was that special too!  MANY of the WCWE students were involved in those concerts, and I must say that I was very impressed.  See everyone Thursday for a great rehearsal, and...

I've been hearing from a lot of people and Thursday should be a very exciting rehearsal!  The board has some exciting news to share, Glenn has a wonderful power point presentation, and there will be FOOD!  Did I mention there will be FOOD???!!!!  Great things are on the horizon, and this is a GREAT time to be part of the Wesley Chapel Wind Ensemble.  Come find out what's going on Thusrday 7-9pm! On a personal note:  I will be teaching private lessons ON-LINE for anyone interested.  This is something new I am trying and if any Gold Members (you'll find out...

Don't forget Sunday we play for Crossroads Church services at 10:30am. Meet around 10:00am. Please bring your stands. Remember this is our "payment" for using their church, electricity, copier, etc... for free so please try to make it! Enter through front doors so as not to disturb earlier service.  Brasstastick will be playing for 9:00am service if you wish to come listen!  Normal concert attire. Permalink | Leave a comment  »